For generations, people were offered the choices of burial, entombment or cremation. Today, an additional option is available. Alkaline hydrolysis, also sometimes called “water cremation” or branded as “Aquamation” by a manufacturer. Even when there were no local options, we were among the first firms in Connecticut to facilitate this choice when we began to offer a special package with Be A Tree Cremation in Colorado.
Water cremation is a gentle process that uses water instead of fire to return a body back to Mother Nature. The scientific name for this process is alkaline hydrolysis. It’s the same process that occurs as part of nature’s course when a body is laid to rest in the soil. A combination of gentle water flow, temperature, and alkalinity are used to accelerate the breakdown of organic materials.